Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Guillermo Martínez of the Cuba.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:| World record | 98.48 | Jena, Germany | May 25, 1996 | |
| Pan American Games record | 81.72 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 6, 2003 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.Schedule
Results
All distances shown are in meters:centimeters| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Final
The final was held on October 28.| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| Guillermo Martínez | 87.20 | 87.20 | PR | |||||||
| Cyrus Hostetler | 77.97 | 75.24 | 79.20 | 77.17 | 82.24 | 82.24 | SB | |||
| Braian Toledo | 76.50 | 79.53 | 76.12 | 73.54 | 76.71 | 79.53 | PB | |||
| Sean Furey | 74.22 | 72.94 | 74.83 | 77.05 | 77.05 | |||||
| Víctor Fatecha | 73.02 | 76.92 | 73.51 | 74.10 | 76.92 | SB | ||||
| Júlio César de Oliveira | 75.61 | 76.24 | 73.74 | 70.12 | 75.03 | 76.24 | ||||
| Keshorn Walcott | 72.92 | 75.77 | 67.65 | 70.08 | 75.77 | PB | ||||
| Juan José Méndez | 74.18 | 66.50 | 69.39 | 68.68 | 74.18 | |||||
| Michel Miranda | 73.91 | 73.91 | ||||||||
| 10 | Arley Ibargüen | 72.93 | 72.46 | 72.93 | ||||||
| 11 | Felipe Ortiz | 67.93 | 67.71 | 63.23 | 67.93 | |||||
| 12 | José Lagunes | 62.43 | 64.59 | 64.70 | 64.70 | |||||
| 13 | Justin Cummins | 64.34 | 63.91 | 64.34 | ||||||
| 14 | Omar Jones | 54.98 | 60.24 | 60.24 | ||||||
| Ignacio Guerra |